Not all translations are created equal, and often the public domain ones freely available online are some of the worst.
Augustine fans out there - whose translation of Confessions or City of God is ...

Ok, let me start by saying I don't think more or less of a person because of the color of their skin. I consider racism to be both misguided and a sin. But, when I visualize a person, I like to think ...

A few years ago, the philosopher Alain de Botton gave a TED talk on "A kinder, gentler philosophy of success" where he quotes St. Augustine supposedly having written in the City of God that "It's a ...

Leo Tolstoy's charming short story Three Hermits (Три старца) of 1886
has frequently been cited in academic and popular works about prayer.
I don't want to spoil the ending - the (short!) text can be ...